At PCCP we understand that fast publication is important to researchers, particularly in competitive fields. PCCP is recognised as the journal of choice for fast publication of cutting-edge research, and a very recent analysis of physical chemistry journals has revealed that PCCP is still by far the quickest journal in the field.

In March this year our times to first publication in a citable form in were impressively rapid - on average just 73 days from receipt and a speedy 33 days for urgent communications.* That makes PCCP 60% faster than our closest rival, and nearly twice as fast as some other leading physical chemistry journals. This is achieved without compromising the rigorous peer review that our authors and readers expect from a premier journal: each paper accepted for publication receives at least two referee reports from international experts in the field. 

As well as offering the fastest publication times, PCCP is committed to publishing research of the highest quality. PCCP has the highest official ISI Immediacy Index of any general physical chemistry journal.

A truly international journal with an established world-wide author base and circulation, PCCP is owned by fourteen international learned and professional societies and is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry on a not-for-profit basis.

The journal's superior publication times make PCCP the journal of choice for rapid publication of cutting-edge physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry. 

* Data: comparison of times from receipt to publication for papers published in March 2007 issues.